25

“I am not the boss of you yet, considering that you do want to intern for me.”

“Not for you,” she says slowly. “For Knox.”

“That will not be happening, so it is either with me or you are out of here.”

Her lips fall open and she swallows, then clamps them shut before they open again.

Knox releases a tsking sound. “Like uncle, like nephew, all you and Sebastian ever do is steal my interns.”

“But…I want to intern with Knox,” she says with more conviction.

“Then leave.”

She purses those lips again, her body getting rigid and her nostrils flaring. She’s clinking her nails against each other, too. Clink. Clink. Clink.

“Or follow me.” I turn around, not waiting to see if she follows.

She will.

Not only did she come over here with one intention, but she’s also not the type who gives up, not even if she has to make compromises.

I am the one who’s supposed to push her away, not offer her an internship or even invite her to my office.

This is my focus zone, after all, and having her in it will f